Of all the movies available on Netflix, the comedy section is the most hit or miss, in my opinion. There’s a deep pool of terrific television (seriously), geek/sci-fi, action, and documentary films, but in regards to Netflix’s comedy offerings, there are a some really solid ones, some really bad ones, and the rest gets lost in an ocean of mediocrity.

In order to come up with the highest rated comedies on Netflix I looked at the movie’s rating and number of user votes. I only included movies with a million votes or more to balance out the more solid ratings against those that maybe only had a 100,000 votes. I also only included scripted comedies, so no stand-up specials made the list. And before somebody points it out, yes, Fargo has an incredibly high rating, but Francis McDormand one-liners aside, it’s a crime thriller first and a dark comedy a distant second.

Feel free to discuss in the comments how the list is heavily dominated with movies from the 1980s — three of them being John Hughes films — and only one movie from the last 10 years. Does Netflix have an aversion to streaming post-1989 comedies or do audiences just have a preference for the comedies they grew up with?

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 4.1 stars out of 1,946,240 ratings.

Last month I wrote about Christmas Vacation’s behind-the-scenes facts and if you didn’t watch it on Netflix over the holidays, January is still a perfectly good time to enjoy this comedy classic. The most popular of the Vacation movies, John Hughe’s yarn of Clark Griswold’s attempt to give his family the traditional Christmas is 97 minutes of slapstick humor at its best. Few movies are worthy of the “Christmas classic” label, but 25 years after its release, Cousin Eddie and the rest of the Griswolds still deliver. Rotten Tomatoes 86, IMDB 7.5

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil 4 stars out of 1,506,028 ratings.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is the wildcard in this list, but the indie horror/comedy is a blood-splattered gem that is quickly rising up the Netflix ranks. Tucker and Dale are two redneck buddies who want to enjoy a quiet weekend in the woods, but are mistaken by a group of college kids — that can’t seem to stop dying — as backwoods murders. Horror meets comedy is difficult to pull off, but Tucker & Dale manages to make it work by mimicking nearly every teen-slasher stereotype and flipping it on its head. Rotten Tomatoes 84, IMDB 7.6

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 3.9 stars out of 12,909,102 ratings.

I’m going to declare Ferris Bueller’s Day Off the greatest teen comedy of all time (at least of the 1980s). Matthew Broderick is able to pull off the feat of being the most popular guy in school without being a douchebag, and all the of other essential teen comedy characters are in place: sidekick, hot girlfriend, evil sister, villainous principal. If it’s been a while since you’ve watched this movie about three friends skipping school and cavorting around Chicago in a stolen Porsche, do yourself a favor and call in sick. Rotten Tomatoes 92, IMDB 7.9

Happy Gilmore 3.9 stars out of 8,478,706 ratings.

Ah, Happy Gilmore, back when Adam Sandler’s screaming was funny. It was funny, right? It might be tricky to go back and enjoy Happy Gilmore knowing that Sandler’s film future would be paved with turds like Jack and Jill and Just Go With It. Present comedy crimes aside, Sandler’s story of a reject hockey player who shakes up the stuffy world of professional golf is an example of sophomoric humor done right. It’s got absurd dream sequences, Sandler wrestling an alligator, and my favorite Ben Stiller cameo of all time. Rotten Tomatoes 85, IMDB 7.0

Much like Office Space, Tucker & Dale, and a long list of other great comedies, Super Troopers didn’t make many waves at the box office, but would go on to be a powerhouse rental and now popular streaming choice. At one time considered the successor to National Lampoon’s R-rated comedy legacy, Broken Lizard’s stoner comedy follows the hijinks of a group of Vermont State Troopers who must stop a drug smuggling ring in order to save their jobs. A sequel is tentatively slated for release later this year. Rotten Tomatoes 90, IMDB 7.1

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 3.9 stars out of 3,261,992 ratings.

Guy Ritchie films can be rather polarizing, but his feature film debut of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels hits the mark for a well done funny crime thriller.

“A botched card game in London triggers four friends, thugs, weed-growers, hard gangsters, loan sharks and debt collectors to collide with each other in a series of unexpected events, all for the sake of weed, cash and two antique shotguns.” — IMDB description.

Watching serves as reminder that Jason Statham can actually be pretty funny when he’s not bashing faces in — there’s still plenty of that though, too. Rotten Tomatoes 76, IMDB 8.2

Clerks 2 has an IMDB of 7.5 and RT of 84 vs Clerks IMDB of 7.9 and RT of 89. Okay, so the sequel was almost “equally funny.” But I know how divided people can be on Kevin Smith, so on the other hand, Clerks 2 could be “equally as unfunny” as the first Clerks.

Equally funny in that it generates the same amount of laughs, not the same kind. Clerks was sort of a mirror to yourself (I was in a situation where I slept under a futon because my girlfriend’s dad was an idiot. Eventually he screwed up so badly I had to wake his ass up by pointing out I’d been living there the whole time. God he’s stupid. Clerks 2 is when you’re older, that’s why Randall’s so much more of an idiot in that one, because he still can’t admit his feelings.

Although the Rotten Tomatoes score is mediocre at best, I still find Mystery Team to be one of the most enjoyable things I’ve watched on Netflix. It’s Donald Glover’s most ‘butt soupy’ role this side of Troy Barnes’ ghost.